Rothschild

This article is about the Rothschild surname. For other uses, see Rothschild (disambiguation).

Rothschild (German: [ˈʁoːt.ʃɪlt], approximately "Rote-shilt") is a common German surname. It is a habitational name from a house distinguished with a red shield (Middle High German rot (or roth)= "red" + schild = "shield"), the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century. In English-speaking countries it is often pronounced as "Roth's child".

The German surname "Rothschild" is not related to the Scottish/Irish surnames of "Rothchilds" or "Rothchild".

People

Rothschild banking families

Main article: Rothschild family

The most notable family with this surname are the descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild who formed a European financial dynasty that was during the 19th century perhaps the wealthiest family by the scale of their private fortune in modern history.

Other Rothschilds

The name is also the name of many Ashkenazi Jews, who are not related to the famous family:

• Abraham Rothschild
• Jean-Pierre de Rothschild, French astrophysicist turned impressionist painter, mother Diana von Rothschild
• Winston Rothschild, III (fictional character from The Red Green Show)

People in alphabetical order

A

• Abraham Rothschild
• Albert Rothschild (b. 1961)
• Albert Salomon von Rothschild (1844–1911)
• Alfred de Rothschild (1842–1918)
• Alice Charlotte von Rothschild (1847–1922)
• Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905)
• Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955–1996)
• Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773–1855)
• Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874)
• Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887–1961)
• Anthony James de Rothschild (b. 1977)
• Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810–1876)
• Ariane de Rothschild

B

• Benjamin de Rothschild
• Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (1864-1934)
• Bethsabée de Rothschild (1914–1999)

C

• Carl Mayer von Rothschild born Calmann Mayer Rothschild (1788–1855)
• Charles Rothschild (1877–1923)
• Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild (b. 1955)
• Charlotte von Rothschild (1819–1884)

D

• David Mayer de Rothschild (b. 1978)
• David René de Rothschild (b. 1942)
• Dorothy de Rothschild (1895–1988)
• Dorothy Parker, (1893–1967) née Rothschild

E

• Edmond James de Rothschild (1845–1934)
• Edmond de Rothschild (1926-1997)
• Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (b. 1916)
• Elie de Rothschild (1917–2007)
• Elisabeth de Rothschild (1902–1945)
• Emma Georgina Rothschild (b. 1948)
• Eric Rothschild (b.1967)
• Eric Rothschild (lawyer for Kitzmiller in Kitzmiller vs. Dover School Board)
• Eva Rothschild (1972–) Irish Artist
• Evelina de Rothschild (1839–1866)
• Evelyn Achille de Rothschild (1886–1917)
• Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (b. 1931)

G

• Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007)

F

• Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898)

H

• Hannah de Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery (1851–1890)

J

• Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (b. 1936)
• James Armand de Rothschild (1878–1957)
• James Mayer Rothschild (1792–1868)
• Jeanne Stuart von Rothschild or Jeanne de Rothschild, actress (1908–2003)
• Jean-Pierre de Rothschild, French astrophysicist

L

• Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917)
• Leopold David de Rothschild (b. 1927)
• Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879)
• Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882–1942)
• Ludwig (Louis) von Nathaniel (1882–1955)

M

• Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818–1874)
• Miriam Louisa Rothschild (1908–2005)

N

• Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836)
• Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870)
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1840–1915)
• Nathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild (1836–1905)
• Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (born 1936)
• Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1910–1990)
• Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (born 1971)
• Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild (Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter) (1913–1988)

P

• Pauline de Rothschild (1908–1976)
• Philippe de Rothschild (1902–88)
• Philippine de Rothschild (1935-)

R

• Robert Rothschild, (1911–1978) Belgian diplomat

S

• Salomon Mayer Rothschild or Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774–1855)

W

• Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1868–1937)
• Winston Rothschild, III (fictional character from The Red Green Show)

V

• Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (1910–1990)

Z

• Zachary Ryan de Rothschild (b. 1997)

References

• Hanks, Patrick Dictionary of American Family Names Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-508137-4